Real-Time Demonstration of CPRI-Compatible Efficient Mobile Fronthaul Using FPGA

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1241-1247

  Zeng, Huaiyu ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Megeed, Sharief ^a   Chand, Naresh ^a   Effenberger, Frank ^a  

^a FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud radio access network (C RAN); common public radio interface (CPRI); fixed mobile convergence; mobile fronthaul

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; MIMO SYSTEMS; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; REAL TIME CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP); FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE; MOBILE FRONTHAUL; NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORK; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; RADIO INTERFACE; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESSES (TDMA);

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 85018994484     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2017.2660484     Document Type: Article

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